It was the idea of wanting to have the individual states be more powerful than the federal government that guided the development of the articles of confederation, which is why they later proved to be inadequate and were replaced with the Constitution.
Answer:
D. Private sector companies.
Explanation:
As far as the governments concerned a contractor applies to business. And an individual has to establish his or her own company to become a contractor to a government agency. Government agencies seldom employ individual contractors or freelancers. They put them on a contractual basis if they want people to provide services. They deal with private firms if they wish to obtain advanced outside services.